Te Waka (Questions and Answers)

This term in Reading, we are all using non-fiction texts in Journals about Maori life in New Zealand. We can choose which text we use, and we do the following tasks each week:

• Choose a text with our buddy
• Read silently, with a buddy, to a buddy and listen to a buddy
• Answer comprehension questions independently
• Do Guided Reading with the teacher once a week in groups.

Here is an example of our work - we are trying to find key words in questions, then key words in the text, then write proper sentences using all the key words. This shows we understand!

"Te Waka" - School Journal Story Library book

1.The journey in the waka is four days.

2.The maori stone is for everyone who has been on the waka so their hands can be laid on the top of the stone.

3.the four young men are from Wakatu Incorperation. Now they all live over in Aotearoa.

4.The National Park they are in is the Tasmin National Park.

5.The boys share huts over night with iwi from Germany,Holland,Argentina and America.

6.The other activities the boys play are touch rugby on the beach and splashing through the water.

7.The iwi that went on the waka trip could have learnt how to work together and play together fairly.

8.The maori meanings for these words are:

Hoe-means a paddle,Kaumatua-old person or iwi,Rangatahi-young men,Koro-means grandfather,Tangata whenua-means iwi who come from here,Iwi-means people,Tapapa-means lean forword.

By Murren